Worth noting that the 'crisis' of kids socially transitioning at school without notifying their parents was almost entirely seeded by a NYT article. Even in conservative states, this was nowhere on the legislative agenda a year ago and now it's everywhere.
Missouri HB.1739 contains provisions for the immediate dismissal and 4 year suspension from employment for any nurse, teacher or social worker who calls a student a name other than that which is on their school registration forms, or fails to report a non-cis identity.
legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB17...
It’s also such a bizarre idea to worry about kids exploring identity at any stage in any way. In my middle school I knew a guy who went as Beavis for laughs for years; I still don’t remember his real name. And I knew a FEW people in high school who called themselves vampires. Everyone just shrugged.
I've likened it to how almost none of us ended up doing the thing we wanted to do as kids. At 12, I 100% wanted to play in the NHL. I fell asleep to SportsCenter every night to cultivate jockiness. 2 years later I hated sports and loved Final Fantasy VII and wanted to be a character designer.
I mostly agree, but I think there are some weird obsessions with gender that shouldn't even be put on kids. Like what if the reason kids feel they need to identify is because adults are putting weird gender role requirements on them in the first place. Like a boy can't play with dolls.
I think that letting the child feel things out for themselves is harmless.
And that the same parents who insist that boys can't play with dolls are not going to support their child deciding to be a girl for any length of time, at any age.
Very true.
At the base of it all, I think it's just extremely creepy some are trying to sexualize kids in the first place. It truly does NOT MATTER what gender an 8 yr old is. They are a child, not a man or woman.
